Hartford — Dennis Brown was elected to replace Rebecca White as vice chairman of the Hartford Selectboard, during an annual organizational meeting on Wednesday night.

White, Brown, and Selectman Simon Dennis all indicated interest in serving as the next vice chair, a position that typically assists the chair by running Selectboard meetings, representing the board at public events, and setting meeting agendas with the town manager.

Brown, a veteran and an information access assistant at the Dartmouth College Library, was the top vote-getter among five candidates when he won his seat in 2016.

He won the seat on a vote of 4-2, with himself, Mike Morris, Sandy Mariotti and Alan Johnson voting in favor, with Dennis and White opposed, according to CATV video of the meeting.

White, a community organizer for a solar company, was first elected in 2015, and withstood a write-in campaign to retain her seat last week.

During the same meeting, Chairman Dick Grassi was unanimously re-elected as chairman, and Mariotti was unanimously re-elected as clerk.